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Essential reading for understanding data in meta-analyses
23 Mar 2020
A good systematic review and meta-analysis can be a great help in sorting out apparently conflicting studies. But the results of meta-analyses themselves can vary. We need more people to be able to read them critically, and to see why meta-analyses become conflicting results themselves.
Observing an aorto-ostial lesion using TELESCOPE® in optical coherence tomography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention
17 Mar 2020
In OCT-guided PCI, observing an aorto-ostial lesion is impossible as it requires blood clearance, and the material of the guiding catheter used is not near-infrared transparent. Using a Telescope®-guiding extension catheter, the authors successfully acquired an OCT image throughout the soft polymer tip and the relatively wide...
Percutaneous treatment and outcomes of small coronary vessels: A SCAAR report
04 Mar 2020
Using the SCAAR database, this observational, nationwide, multicentre cohort study compared outcomes of all consecutive patients undergoing PCI for de-novo stenosis in small coronary vessels (device diameter ≤2.5mm) treated with drug-coated balloons or newer generation drug-eluting stents.
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PCR @ ACC 2020 Scientific Sessions
24 Feb 2020
Live updates on a selection of major Late Breaking Clinical Trials of interest in interventional cardiology presented at the American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Sessions #ACC20.
PCR Trials: EVOLUTE II - 5-year
19 Feb 2020
Consult the selected trial on 'Thin-strut, bioresorbable polymer-coated EES: EVOLUTE II – 5 years' by Kereiakes et al.
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Polymer-based or polymer-free stents in patients at high bleeding risk: ONYX ONE
24 Feb 2020
The objective of the ONYX ONE study was to compare the safety and effectiveness of the polymer-based or polymer-free stents in patients at high bleeding risk receiving 1 month of DAPT.
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Defining device success for PCI trials
05 Feb 2020
Percutaneous coronary intervention with implantation of drug-eluting stents has become the most commonly performed revascularisation procedure in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease. Continuous iterations of coronary devices incorporating changes in platform materials, geometry, strut thickness, drug release mechanisms and antiproliferative drugs have progressively reduced the rate...
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Oval stenting in left pulmonary artery stenosis: a novel double balloon technique to prevent airway compression in single ventricle
29 Jan 2020
Left pulmonary artery (LPA) stenosis is common in patients with cavopulmonary connections. Stent implantation is the treatment of choice but may be complicated or contraindicated by left main bronchus (LMB) compression due to limited retro-aortic space after a Damus-Kaye-Stansel (DKS) or Norwood operation. This study describes...
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Effect of intravascular ultrasound-guided drug-eluting stent implantation: 5-year follow-up of the IVUS-XPL randomized trial
31 Jan 2020
In IVUS-XPL (Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance on the Outcomes of Xience Prime Stents in Long Lesions) trial the long-term outcomes of stent optimisation with IVUS were analysed.
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Fractional flow reserve or optical coherence tomography to guide management of angiographically intermediate coronary stenosis: a single-center trial
21 Jan 2020
This study aimed at comparing the effects of fractional flow reserve- vs. optical coherence tomography-guided treatment of angiographically intermediate coronary stenosis.
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